Can angiotensin receptor-blocking drugs perhaps be harmful... : Journal of Hypertension (original) (raw)

HYPERTENSION AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Can angiotensin receptor-blocking drugs perhaps be harmful in the COVID-19 pandemic?

aBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute

bPublic Health Directorate, Northern Territory Department of Health, and Honorary Research Fellow Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Correspondence to Professor Murray Esler, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, PO Box 6492, Melbourne 3004, Australia. Tel: +61 409 178 058; fax: +61 3 8532 1100; e-mail: [email protected]